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referred to as gynes, and are
typically those destined to
become queens. A "
dealate" is an
adult insect that shed or lost its
wings ("dealation"). In botany...
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particularly large colony in
Weybridge on July 29, 1913, in
which "the
deälated females and
workers in this nest
being the
largest I have ever seen".[citation...
- find a mate. The drone's only job is to mate with the
virgin queens. The
dealate, or
newly fertilized queen,
sheds her wings,
finds a
suitable nesting location...
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published a
paper describing and
naming Zigrasimecia tonsora. They
described a
dealate female with
unusual features,
notably the
highly specialized mandibles...
- Head of a
dealate queen...
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Strumigenys xenos S.
xenos dealate queen Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:...
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queens have
small and
rudimentary wings which render the
queen flightless.
Dealated queens with
developed wings and
thoraces are
considered rare. In some species...
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detached from the body. The
single H.
scimitarus specimen is a
preserved dealate queen with a
total body
length of 8.0
millimetres (0.31 in),
making H....
- nest, and mate. From this
point onward, they are
called kings and queens,
dealates, or
primary reproductives.
Secondary reproductives, or neotenics, develop...
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genus Sphinctomyrmex with S.
stali as its type species,
based on a
single dealate gyne. However,
except for the holotype,
there are no
records of normal...
